Fast Turn-around, Lowest Cost, One Stop Flexibility

One
Stop Flexibility

We specialize in captioning weekly television programs at the lowest cost, with the fastest turn-around in the industry. We are your one-stop shop for closed captioning and DVD subtitling. Send us your project, we'll transcribe it, caption it, encode it, and deliver it. We'll deliver your captioned production on any tape format, or as a captioned file that drops onto your NLE. You make one phone call...we do the rest. With our AVID Adrenaline NLE we can drop in last moment spots, all with SDI quality.

Personalized
Service

We
need to know your project requirements and specs.
We can then provide the lowest price and quickest
turnaround time. You make one phone call...we
do the rest.

ST.
LOUIS – Company leaders for Schnuck
Markets, Inc. today announced
that on April 2, Schnucks will become the first
local grocery retailer to offer closed-caption
commercials. The new service, to be made available
to Schnucks customers in all markets, originates
from a partnership with St. Louis-based Caption
Midwest.

High-quality
Closed Captioning with the fastest turn-around in the
industry is what Caption Midwest is famous for. DVD
subtitling, transcription and translation can also be
provided with the same superior quality service. Roll-up
and pop-on available. ASK ABOUT OUR FIRST TIME
CLIENT DISCOUNT

On-Time,
On-Budget:
We complete most projects in just two days. Not two
weeks like most of our competitors. Our pricing is extremely
competitive. And our quality control is intense. Using
state-of-the-art equipment, accessible, knowledgeable
staffers - who know how to spell! -- We will complete
your closed captioning or subtitling project quickly
and on budget. Substantial discounts available for weekly
programs.

Format
Flexibility:
We can add captioning to almost every videotape format
from Digital Betacam to old home beta. (Yes, we still
have our Sony home beta decks!) Whether closed captioning
is needed for a 30-second commercial on Digital Beta,
or a one-hour training video on Beta SP, DV or DVCAM,
we are fully equipped to handle projects of all sizes
and types.

Beta
SP From Your DVD Master:
Station requires Beta SP and you shot on DV –
no problem. Don’t rent a Beta deck. Ship us a
DVD and we will provide captioning, add time-code and
produce a Beta SP master. If you like, we can produce
numerous Beta SP masters and even ship directly to your
stations.

Our
Captioning, Your Transcript:
We can produce your closed captioning using YOUR provided
transcript. This handy maneuver can save you thirty
percent. And reduce our turn-around time to SAME
DAY.

DVD
Subtitles:
We can produce a subtitles for use in your suthoring
system. We can export a compatible file for use in apple
studio pro, adobe encore, pinnacle impression, sonic
solutions & spruce maestro.

DVD Authoring:
We provide complete DVD authoring, encoding and caption
text subtitling. We can also design menus -- and even
assist with label or package design. If you have a master
tape once used for broadcast or VHS duplication, you
probably know your master can't just be burned to the
DVD to create dependable DVDs with captioning. But,
we can extract the text from your tape master and use
that text to produce subtitles on your new DVD. Major
savings.

Non-Linear
Caption Encoding:
We can produce a special file that will enable you to
add our captions directly to the time-line of your NLE.
Imagine... No generation loss. And you don't even have
to send us a tape! With this revolutionary new method
of captioning we support most AVID systems, Velocity,
Media 100, Sony Xpri, Adobe Premier Pro & Discreet.

St. Louis Specials:
Caption Midwest projects are produced, start to finish,
in St. Louis, Missouri, USA - including transcription
and encoding. So St. Louis clients can shorten project
turn-around by another two days, plus save
on overnight shipping. We can also start the transcription
process using an audio file you sent to us via our secure
FTP site. Audio file today ... ship your master tape
today and your finished closed caption master can be
completed TOMORROW.